Maritime Logistics

Profitable and Cost-Effective Shipping Operations

DELMIA Quintiq Planning for Maritime Logistics offers comprehensive shipping logistics support to ensure that all decisions regarding the utilization of your vessels are optimal. Companywide access to real-time data enables your planners and managers to make timely, profitable decisions consistently. Decision support capabilities provide planners with fast calculations, suggestions, alerts, and intuitive visualizations – allowing them to shift their focus from data processing to quality planning and increasing value for their customers through differentiated service offerings.

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Optimize plans through DELMIA Quintiq’s intuitive interface, real-time KPI-focused reporting tools and state-of-the-art automated planning capabilities. Choose the level of planning support depending on your preferences and what stage you're at in the planning process. Call on world-record-breaking optimization algorithms to optimize an entire plan; get easy-to-interpret insights into the impact of planning decisions; act on suggested changes that are derived from your KPIs.

Consider cargo flow and the ways in which different movement options are considered.

Scheduling

Maintain an optimal operating schedule throughout the year in line with supply contracts and seasonal fluctuations.

Capacity Optimization

Strike a perfect balance of revenue and capacity by assigning the right vessel to the appropriate voyage every time.

Agility

Quickly reform plans and redirect cargo to minimize the impact of last-minute disruptions. Be able to change speeds and manpower requirements to ensure consistently high customer satisfaction levels at an agreeable cost.

Decision Support

Compare all possible modality and leg combinations (end-to-end) based on cost, available capacity, service levels and timetables.

Scenario Planning

Explore what-if scenarios and simulate the impact of future events such as the fluid movement of shipping resources, development of business in a new geographical region or changes in volume in existing regions.

Equipment Repositioning

Minimize empty flows, optimize and simplify repositioning.

Network Optimization

Design an optimal fleet network that is able to handle the flow of cargo efficiently.

Tanker

Operate with full visibility of all activities, taking into account unique constraints and key performance indicators (KPIs). Empower your planners to create actionable plans that take full account of vessel and compartment capacity and last-cargo restrictions. Optimize utilization while minimizing cleaning costs and delays. Intelligent logistics planning support helps you maximize capacity utilization and make profitable decisions every single time.

Scenario Planning

Simulate what-if scenarios and understand the impact on KPIs.

Collaboration

Enable smooth collaboration between all stakeholders within the maritime supply chain.

Optimization

Ensure the most profitable cargo mix at all times.

Reliability

Offer accurate quotes and delivery time slots to your customers.

Decision Support

Explore recommended plans before choosing and refining the plan which best meets your KPIs.

Gain full visibility of current and future operations, including fleet capacity and current location, orders, and estimated and actual and transit times.

Dry Bulk

Empower your planners to create actionable plans that take full account of vessel and hatch capacity and last cargo restrictions. Optimize utilization while minimizing the risk of demurrage, contamination and delays.

Collaboration

Enable smooth collaboration between planners as vessels move between ports.

Visibility

Gain full visibility of current and future operations, including fleet capacity, orders, and transit times.

Explore recommended plans before choosing and refining the plan that meets your KPIs.

Optimization

Store and stack any cargo in the yard to best optimize space and availability.

Improved Service

Offer accurate quotes and delivery time slots to your customers.

Scenario Planning

Simulate what-if scenarios and understand the impact on KPIs.

Maintenance Optimization

Optimize maintenance activities such as the servicing of engines and dry dock of the vessel.

Project Cargo

DELMIA Quintiq’s intelligent planning technology gives you the speed and agility to handle the inevitable delays and disruptions along the supply chain. With real-time logistics planning and optimization capabilities, you are better equipped to take advantage of the spot cargo market. Give your planners a complete overview of all available and utilized assets, resource capabilities and constraints, and the option of optimizing all or parts of the plan. With a global, synchronized planning solution, you will minimize miscommunication between offices and subcontractors and reduce idle time for your vessels and workforce.

Scenario Planning

Explore what-if scenarios to ensure you’re prepared for any eventuality from investment in new vessels to the temporary closing of a trade lane.

Seamless Integration

Ensure the smooth, timely movement of cargo via air, land and sea.

Equipment Optimization

Optimize planning of lifting and handling equipment and the specialized stevedores who operate them.

Empowered Planners

Expedite the planning process, shifting the focus of your planners from making deductions and calculations to making optimal business decision.

Trip Optimization

Optimize the sequencing of port calls the arrangement of stowage plans.

Real-time Collaboration

Enable all relevant parties to view plans in real time to anticipate and handle delays.

Cargo Constraints Handling

Effectively combine the handling and carrying capabilities between ports, vessels and cargo.

Vessel Scheduling

Quickly generate or revise plans to increase on-time performance, optimize for profitability and fulfill your commitments to customers. DELMIA Quintiq gives you visibility into the effect of changes across all operations and planning horizons. Gain the agility to automatically adjust plans to accommodate demand fluctuations, changes in the weather or unexpected delays – all the way up to the moment the vessel departs and whilst in transit. Be supported in making the smartest decisions every time.

Visibility

See effects of current and future planning decisions across operations.

Responsiveness

Receive and respond to real-time alerts regarding changes and violations of constraints.